Eudolph heunsch



(No Model.)

R. HEUNSOH.

ICE GREEPER.

No. 369,522. Patented Sept. 6, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENr FFICEOI RUDOLPH HEUNSOH, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO ARTHUR H. BROWN, OF SAME PLACE.

lCE-CREEPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,522, dated September 6, 1887.

Application filed January 22, 1887. Serial No. 225,150. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH HEUNSCH, of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain Improvements in IceOreepers, of which the following is a specification.

The aim of this invention is to provide a simple, durable, and inexpensive creeper which may remain upon the boot and be quickly ad justed to an operative orinoperative position, as demanded; and to this end it consists in certain details hereinafter fully explained.

' In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my creeper in its closed or folded condition. Figs. 2 and 3 are side views of the same in the closed and the open condition, respectively.

In constructing my dex ice I stamp from sheet metal a plate, A, of skeleton form, with an upturned forward edge, a, having lips I) to enter the front face of the heel, and an upright rear arm, a, to receive a fastening-screws, d, to enter the rear side of the heel. Thelipsbare formed on and turned backward from the portion a on opposite sides of a third central lip, e, as shown.

On the two edges of theplate A,at the front, I form upturned ears f. I next provide a second ShGGb-lllfititl plate, B, with upturned ears 9, and connect said cars by pivots h to the ears of plate A, so that the second plate may be folded beneath or turned forward of the first,

as shown.

Iprovide the ears gwith shoulders or notches i and 7c, and extend a highly-elastic wire or spring, 0, over the lip e and under the lips I) and seat its ends on the ears g, as shown, so that it will engage their shoulders, and. thus hold the plate B in either of the two positions in which it may be placed.

It will be perceived that the lips b serve the 0 double purpose of holding the creeper upon the boot and of retaining the spring in place On the under side of the plate B, I form or secure studs or spikes of any suitable form.

The device is applied to the under surface 5 of the heel, the lips seated against the vertical face, and the screw turned tightly against the rear end of the heel.

' hen required for action, the plate B is turned back, as in Figs. 1 and 2, to expose the studs. Vhen no longer required, the plate B is turned forward and upward, as in Fig. 3, presenting the spikes in a concealed and protected position beneath the arch or shank of the boot. 5 5

I am aware that creepers with folding spiked plates are old in various forms, but believe the construction herein set forth to be new and advantageous.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- The plate A, having the fastening-screw, the side cheeks, and the lips I) and c, in combination with the plate B, pivoted thereto and provided with the spikes, and the spring 0, sustained by the lips b and c, and acting at its ends on the ears of plate B to hold the same in position, as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 11th day of January, 1887, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

RUDOLPH HEUNSOH.

\Vitnesses:

A. H. BROWN, ROBERT E. Monnrs. 

